Auris, Isère

Auris
Commune
The Auris-en-Oisans Ski Station
Location of Auris
Auris Auris
Coordinates: 45°02′50″N 6°05′15″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Oisans-Romanche
Intercommunality	CC Oisans
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Moiroux
Area 1	11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	179
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38020 /38142
Elevation	720–2,164 m (2,362–7,100 ft) (avg. 1,240 m or 4,070 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auris is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.

Geography

Auris-en-Oisans Ski station in Summer

Auris is an alpine commune some 30 km south-east of Grenoble and 5 km west of Mont-de-Lans. Access to the commune is by the D211A road from La Garde in the west which passes through the commune by a tortuous route and continues east to Le Freney-d'Oisans. The D211E branches off the D211A in the commune to go to La Grand Combe. Apart from the village (which is solely the town hall) there is the hamlet of Les Cours to the north and Le Cert and Les Chatains to the south. The commune is rugged with alpine terrain and a large forest to the west of the village (La Forêt).

The Romanche river forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west to the Barrage du Clapier - an artificial lake on the southern border of the commune - then continues west then north to eventually join the Drac at Jarrie. The Venéon river flows from the south through the south-western extension of the commune to join the Romanche there.

Toponymy

The commune is sometimes informally called Auris-en-Oisans.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2007	Lucien Ponce
2007	2014	Jean Luc Pellorce
2014	2026	Yves Moiroux

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurienchons or Aurienchonnes in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 412 —     1800 582 +5.06% 1806 698 +3.08% 1821 728 +0.28% 1831 740 +0.16% 1836 755 +0.40% 1841 730 −0.67% 1846 755 +0.68% 1851 780 +0.65% 1856 738 −1.10% 1861 712 −0.71% 1866 719 +0.20% 1872 699 −0.47% 1876 709 +0.36% 1881 719 +0.28% 1886 697 −0.62% 1891 651 −1.36% 1896 584 −2.15%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 571 −0.45% 1906 538 −1.18% 1911 483 −2.13% 1921 402 −1.82% 1926 331 −3.81% 1931 291 −2.54% 1936 269 −1.56% 1946 253 −0.61% 1954 228 −1.29% 1962 173 −3.39% 1968 144 −3.01% 1975 129 −1.56% 1982 229 +8.54% 1990 206 −1.31% 1999 215 +0.48% 2007 205 −0.59% 2012 201 −0.39% 2017 190 −1.12%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Auris-en-Oisans from the Sures ski lift

Auris from the slopes

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

• A Roman bridge
• The Rural Museum

Religious heritage

• The Chapel of the Angels (17th century). The Chapel contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • 2 Candlesticks on the main Altar (17th century)
  • A Hand Bell (18th century)
  • The Altar and Retable (17th century)
• The Chapel of Saint-Gerald (1497)

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

External links

• Auris on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Auris en Oysans on the 1750 Cassini Map